The Meizhou public examination was held as scheduled, although the time of the examination will start on time, but early in the morning, outside the test centers in Meizhou, there have been candidates who have begun to arrive.

"It would be nice if the imperial court held a scientific examination like this one held in Meizhou."

"What do you mean by this?"

"You see, this exam in Meizhou does not require you to be a student of a famous college, you don't need your teacher to recommend you, you don't need to prepare for the exam by yourself, you don't need to eat and drink, and you don't even need to go to a different place to take the exam in a city near your home."

"Brother Tai said this, it makes sense, but I don't know, what is the question of the exam, Lord Assassin, the secrecy of this exam has been done to the extreme, and even the workshop army has been dispatched."

"This can only show that this exam does not rely on relationships, but only depends on the ability of individuals."

"I hope that the question from Master Assassin Shi will not be too difficult."

……

Outside the examination rooms of each test center, more and more candidates gathered, but most of them were apprehensive, and there were basically no people who were ready to go.

Many people still hold Zhao Yuan's book, and memorize it vigorously, even if they don't understand the meaning of the content in the book, they have to memorize more, in case they are used in the exam, they may be able to surpass many people and be lucky to enter the Meizhou officialdom.

"Knock knock", the workshop military personnel responsible for maintaining the order of the examination room rang the bell before the test center, and the workshop soldiers loudly reminded the candidates that all paper things and things with handwriting were left outside the examination room, ready to line up with the examination card, and enter the examination room.

"It's really strict, but it's a little different from the imperial examination, you don't need to take off your clothes for inspection." The candidates said to themselves in their hearts.

"There are so many invigilators, every row, there is an invigilator, it seems that no one can cheat in this exam."

"There is no examiner, and there is no exam cubicle, so it is easy to be seen by the people next to you."

Entering the examination room, the candidates were very surprised by the layout of the examination room.

There is still a quarter of an hour before the official start of the exam, and the invigilator is ready to take the steps before the exam papers are distributed.

"Candidates, please check the pen and ink on the table, if there is a problem, please raise your hand, we will replace it for you immediately."

"Okay, since there is no problem with the pen and ink, now, I will issue the exam papers for everyone, all the test questions of the exam papers are personally issued by Lord Thorn Shi, and the Meizhou Printing Workshop will be uniformly printed, and before the exam papers are issued, they will be checked by a special person, and there will be no mistakes or omissions."

"If you find that there are mistakes, omissions, ambiguities, etc., please raise your hand, and we will replace the test paper for you."

"Now, we have started to distribute the exam papers to everyone, and after you get the exam papers, you can't start answering questions, you can only check whether the exam papers are complete, clear, and free of typographical errors, and you can start answering questions when the bell rings for the start of the exam."

"Please confirm that the sealed bag of the exam paper is intact and there is no trace of opening."

"Raise your hand if you have questions."

"Okay, no problem, let's start the official distribution of the test papers."

……

"This exam is too rigorous, whether it is the confidentiality of the exam questions, or the order of the exam room, the logistical support of the candidates, the Lord Assassin Shi has arranged it clearly for everyone, the only bad point is that the exam questions are too difficult, and many exam questions are completely incomprehensible."

"I heard that Lord Thorn Shi didn't expect everyone to get a high score for this exam, but there is a bottom line, that is, sixty points, if you don't get sixty points, it can basically be said that you will not have a chance with Meizhou officialdom this time."

"Before and after, there are actually people in different positions from me, and the exam questions are completely different, I really don't know how Lord Thorn Shi thought of doing this."

The candidates who completed the exam talked a lot outside the examination room, and none of them had complete confidence that they could get a high score.

And the more than a dozen female candidates who took the exam were also depressed at the moment, and those who were a little less psychologically tolerant were already secretly wiping away tears.

……

Zhao Yuan did not pay attention to the performance of the candidates after the exam, and the exam papers from all over the country, after being sealed, were quickly escorted to Meizhou City by the workshop army, and Zhao Yuan would organize personnel to review these exam papers.

"Lord Thorn Shi, I heard that you have set the basic score of the recruited personnel at sixty points, but I am afraid that there will be very few people who can reach sixty points in this exam."

After Zhang Xucong and the others finished the exam, they got the exam questions from Zhao Yuan, and as old people who have been learning the knowledge of Zhao Yuan's system for several years, they can't help but have a headache when they look at Zhao Yuan's exam questions.

"It's all some basic questions, if you can't even reach 60 points, we recruit them, what can we do, my questions, for every direction of things, are some foundations, even if you haven't read the books I wrote, as long as your brain is flexible, good at thinking, and getting 60 points, it's not a difficult thing at all."

"The problem is that many readers, like when we first arrived in Gray Plains, have been imprisoned by those scriptures, and their minds are full of thinking about how to read those scriptures and meanings thoroughly, and they don't pay much attention to the common sense in life." Zhang Xucong shook his head and said.

For Zhao Yuan's knowledge, he, a person who is familiar with poetry and books, learns it as quickly as the children, and this is only after consulting Zhao Yuan later that he understands why this is so.

"Meizhou doesn't need nerds." Zhao Yuan shook his head and said.

"You are all marking officers, so many test papers, each one, is related to the future of a candidate behind you, so you must carefully review it, and if you encounter any questions you don't understand, you can find me at any time."

"Don't worry, we understand your thoughts, and we will definitely review them carefully, but we can't transfer more people from Yucai College and Research Institute, so many exam papers, we don't know when we will change them." Wan Yunjun asked.

"No, I've already transferred fifteen gentlemen and five researchers from the Yucai Academy from Gray Plains, and this has seriously affected the work over there, so you guys have worked so hard." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"What about you, Lord Thorn Shi, don't correct it with us."

"I still have something to do, I have to go and see Qian Tiejian to see what step we have done in the issuance of the new version of Meizhou's new currency." Zhao Yuan shook his head and walked out of the room where the papers were being read.

……

It can be said that the impact of this large-scale public examination in Meizhou is much greater than that when the imperial court held the imperial examination. Some of the situation in the public examination room has also been spread throughout Meizhou one after another, and Meizhou Daily has carried out a series of reports on the public examination, and for a while, Zhao Yuan's knowledge has been pushed to the forefront.

The name of Zhao Xue is quietly rising.

I'm afraid that Zhao Yuan will face some verbal criticism because of this matter.